Water motor



Nov. 11, 1941.

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A iiorney Patented Nov. 11, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WATER MOTORWilliam J. Winslow, Greenleaf, Idaho Application June 25, 1940, SerialNo. 342,370

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a water motor or wheel, the general object ofthe invention being to provide a wheel or motor actuated by flowingwater and one which is of sturdy construction and can be manufactured tosell at low cost and which will produce maximum power from a minimumamount of water flowing past the same.

Another object of the invention is to so arrange and construct the partsthat a number of the devices can be placed adjacent to each other so asto be operated by the same stream of water without one deviceinterfering with the action of the water on other devices.

This invention also consists in certain other features of constructionand in the combination and arrangement of the several parts to behereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawingsand specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like orcorresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the invention.

Figure 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a view of one of the wings or vanes of the wheel.

Figure 4 is a view showing the trunnion means for supporting one end ofthe hub of the wheel from a part of the casing.

Figure 5 is an edge view of one of the wings or vanes.

Figure 6 is a View somewhat diagrammatic showing how the movement of thewheel can be transmitted to a take-01f shaft.

Figure 7 is a view showing a number of the devices placed in a row withthe take 01f means therefor.

Figure 8 is a fragmentary plan view showing how a blade is connectedwith the hub.

Figure 9 is a sectional view through the hub and looking toward the rearface of a blade.

As shown in these views the wheel includes a hub A and a plurality ofvanes or wings B. The hub is formed of two caps I and angle members 2having their ends connected with the caps so as to provide a hub ofsquare shape in cross section.

Each wing is formed of a plate-like member 3 having an arcuate mainedge, a straight forward edge I, an inner stepped edge and a, diagonalrear edge 1. The stepped edge is composed of part extending rearwardlyat right angles to the forward edge I and the part b extending at rightangles from the short part a to the edge 1. Member 4 and a shortangle-shaped member 5 are connected with the rear face of the member 3and these members 4 and 5 have portions flush with the stepped edges andprovide with certain of said edges a recess 6 for receiving portions ofthe hub A. The short member 5 has its inner end connected with one sideof the hub and the long member 4 has its inner end connected to theopposite side of the hub and rearwardly of the point of connection ofmember 5 with the hub. Thus the vane or member 3 is held in a diagonalposition on the hub with the sloping end edge 1 at the rear and thestraight end edge 1 forward to be first engaged by the water enteringthe device. A brace member 8 of angle shape in cross section has one endconnected to the rear face of each vane adjacent the end I and the otherend portion is connected with the hub on that side of the hub which isopposite the side bridged by the end wall of recess 6.

As will be seen there are four vanes and the long members 4 of the vanesare connected to the four sides of the hub and each vane has its majorpart extending from one side of the hub and its minor part, or the partbetween the members 4 and 5, extending from an adjacent side of the hub.

Trunnions ID are connected with the end pieces I of the hub and passthrough the front and rear end walls of a casing C for rotatablysupporting the wheel in the casing and said casing is formed with theopenings II at its ends so that when the casing is placed in a stream ofK water or the like the water will flow through these openings H andthus act on the vanes B to cause rotary movement of the wheel. Figure 1shows arrows l2 indicating the direction of the flow of water throughthe device and the arrows 13 indicate the direction of rotation of thewheel.

One of the trunnions ll) may be provided with a sprocket I4 to receive achain [6 which passes over another sprocket on a take-off shaft I1, seeFigure 6, which may be provided with a pulley I8 or the like so that itcan be belted or otherwise attached to a device to be driven.

Figure 7 shows a plurality of these devices at D arranged in a row witha take-01f shaft l8 connected at its ends by the chain and sprockets ISwith the trunnions H] at the ends of the devices, each wheel beingconnected to the adjacent the short part a. and a longer part b, theshort Wheel as shown at I0. Pulleys 20 may be arranged on the shaft l8to drive different mechanisms by belts or the like.

It; is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages andnovel features of the invention will be readily apparent.

It is to be understood that changes may be made in the construction andin the combination and arrangement of the several parts provided thatsuch changes fall Within the scope of the appended claim.

Having described the claimed as new is:

A water wheel of the class described comprising a hub of rectangularshape in cross section, a plurality of wings ofplate-like form, eachwing having an artcuate outer edge, a diagonal rear end edge, a straightforward edge which extends inwardly from the front end of the arcuateedge and a stepped inner edge connecting the forward edge to thediagonal edge, the stepped inner edge including a first and short partextending rearwardly and substantially at right angles from the forwardedge and a second part extending at invention, What is right angles fromthe rear end of the first and short part to the diagonal end edge, apair of bars connected with the rear face of each wing with one barextending along the forward edge with the inner end of said barprojecting beyond the first and short part of the stepped inner edge, adistance equal to the width of the hub, and said projecting portionbeing connected to one side of the hub, the other bar having a portionextending along the second part of the stepped edge and the other end ofthe bar being located adjacent the arcuate edge with an intermediatepart of the last-mentioned bar connected to the opposite side of the huband at a point rearward- 1y on the hub from the point where the firstbar is connected with the hub and a brace bar connecting the rear end ofthe wing to the hub on a third side of the hub with the first and shortportion of the stepped edge engaging the fourth side of the hub, thebrace bar being connected with the hub rearwardly of the points ofconnection of the first two bars to said hub.

WILLIAM J. WINSLOW.

